Unexpected findings on laparoscopy for suspected acute appendicitis: A pro for laparoscopic appendectomy as the standard procedure for acute appendicitis

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 395, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1069-1076

  Partecke, Lars Ivo ^a,b   Von Bernstorff, Wolfram ^b   Karrasch, Annette ^a   Cziupka, Katharina ^b   Glitsch, Anne ^b   Stier, Albrecht ^b   Heidecke, Claus Dieter ^b   Tepel, Jürgen ^a,c  

^a Schlaflabor St Adolf Stift   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c Andreas Bannowsky Ltd   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute suspected appendicitis; Cost effectiveness; Laparoscopic appendectomy; Laparoscopic findings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; ENTERITIS; ENTEROPATHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; OVARY CYST; PATHOLOGY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TISSUE ADHESION; UTERINE TUBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; OVARIAN CYSTS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; TISSUE ADHESIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952828445     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-009-0567-8     Document Type: Article

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